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les fleurs du mall
Jun 30, 2014

by LadyAmbien
Is sovereignty good or would a one world centralized government be better?

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Oct 10, 2012

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Yes.

whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations

Its disturbing that you believe this.

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Oct 10, 2012

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Which one? Sovereign states or the one world government?

whoflungpoop
Sep 9, 2004

With you and the constellations
Yes.

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Sir this is an admiralty thread and I do not recognize it's authority.

TheImmigrant
Jan 18, 2011

les fleurs du mall posted:

Is sovereignty good or would a one world centralized government be better?

A centralized world government is a terrible, terrible idea unless we have regular contact with other worlds.

Zachack
Jun 1, 2000




Rigged Death Trap posted:

Sir this is an admiralty thread and I do not recognize it's authority.

The thread tag doesn't have a gold fringe so unfortunately claiming jurisdiction of spaceship earth does not apply in this scenario.

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib
the following places are granted full sovereignty:


brazil

albania

navajo nation


east timor


the rest of the worls is now under the purview of the canadian government, this is the best idea and everyone agrees as soon as they hear it

Helsing
Aug 23, 2003

DON'T POST IN THE ELECTION THREAD UNLESS YOU :love::love::love: JOE BIDEN
The only moral sovereignty is my sovereignty.

Extreme0
Feb 28, 2013

I dance to the sweet tune of your failure so I'm never gonna stop fucking with you.

Continue to get confused and frustrated with me as I dance to your anger.

As I expect nothing more from ya you stupid runt!


Full sovereignty is a bad thing. People are dreaming if they think that one nation is a way for world peace.

I.E. Think of the Soviet Union but worldwide without any fear of outside nations. That's what you will get because humans tend to go that way in loving themselves.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

A one world centralized government is the only hope we have of surviving the alien threat.

BUG JUG
Feb 17, 2005



The nation state is a relic of the modern era and should be discarded as soon as possible. Thanks for reading my pamphlet.

Sucrose
Dec 9, 2009
I'd prefer a world where nations continue to exist but international law is strong and there are plenty of overlapping super-national organizations. I think the EU is great, but maybe not its idea of an "ever-closer union."

A one-world government would just be a recipe for ethnic strife, cultural imperialism, and coercion, since the only way every last nation in the world is staying under the same government is by force.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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In my opinion, full global communism now.

burnishedfume
Mar 8, 2011

You really are a louse...

Fojar38 posted:

In my opinion, full global communism now.

Why stop at global? Full intergalactic communism now.

NineBreaker
Oct 22, 2005

I kind of want to live under an entirely benevolent AI dictator.

Tnega
Oct 26, 2010

Pillbug
I want to die under a malevolent AI dictator.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Our reality is already a simulation run by a morally ambiguous AI dictator, recklessly created by a one-world government in centuries past.

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Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
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Sagebrush posted:

Our reality is already a simulation run by a morally ambiguous AI dictator, recklessly created by a one-world government in centuries past.

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy
Global sovereignty is old-hat, you want to keep up with the times you need global suzerainty.

Nosfereefer
Jun 15, 2011

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Randomized areas are computer generated and granted sovereignty at frequent intervals, allowing for states but not nationalism.

Ghost of Mussolini
Jun 26, 2011

DrProsek posted:

Why stop at global? Full intergalactic communism now.

Look at this "Socialism in One Dimension" stalinist reactionary.

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Popular sovereignty is what the United States is nominally about - the state is a reflection of public will through democracy -rather than the Eurasian system of an individual/family's will directing society without recourse.

Human societies just tend to default toward authoritarian sovereignty and this is part of why our global civilization is such a mess.

If the United States renovates itself, rediscovers popular sovereignty to have libertarian socialism in one country - it could then radiate across the globe. Especially if part of this system of government is open source software that any nation can adopt.

lllllllllllllllllll
Feb 28, 2010

Now the scene's lighting is perfect!

les fleurs du mall posted:

Is sovereignty good or would a one world centralized government be better?
Both are crutches useful only to those who feel too little love for each other to solve disputes amicably.

les fleurs du mall
Jun 30, 2014

by LadyAmbien

McDowell posted:

Especially if part of this system of government is open source software that any nation can adopt.

you mean bitcoin?

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

les fleurs du mall posted:

you mean bitcoin?

No, more like linux, the software behind Uber, or Wiki.

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Oct 10, 2012

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FreeGovOS, a fork of GovernmentOS dedicated to strengthened core principles of Freedom and Individualism, is incompatible with the historically derived and leftist-tainted version of welfare and public services offered by GovernmentOS. FreeGovOS therefore ships with the alternatively-named social safety and infrastructure modules IceWell and IceServ. Free and open sores government for everyone!

TROIKA CURES GREEK
Jun 30, 2015

by R. Guyovich
Sure, so long as it isn't controlled by WHITE MALES, god they are the worst.

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Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:

Sure, so long as it isn't controlled by WHITE MALES, god they are the worst.

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Oct 10, 2012

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TROIKA CURES GREEK posted:

Sure, so long as it isn't controlled by WHITE MALES, god they are the worst.

Ian Murdock for God-Emperor (Deb to be executed for unfaithfulness)

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
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I am sovereign of my anus.

Jazerus
May 24, 2011


Sovereignty can only be good for bitcoin.

rudatron
May 31, 2011

by Fluffdaddy

Friendly Tumour posted:

I am sovereign of my anus.
For now.

rudatron fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Jan 24, 2016

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
The American highway system and the world wide web both have different measures of 'sovereignty'. There are 'rules of the road' and 'protocols' that allow for a measure of freedom for individuals. I use a dashcam because I think a new kind of objective law and justice is possible if enough people seek change in themselves.

That is always the issue of libertarianism - the individual is a minority of one and billions of them can never be satisfied.

Despera
Jun 6, 2011
Not in eve online

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

blablablabla posted:

Not in eve online

Griefing in the service of liberty is no vice

Squalid
Nov 4, 2008

McDowell posted:


Human societies just tend to default toward authoritarian sovereignty and this is part of why our global civilization is such a mess.


I disagree, at least by any reasonable definitions of society and authoritarian. One need only look at the communal social relations prevalent among modern-hunter gatherers, for an easy counter-example. Individual freedom and autonomy are important values in many cultures besides America. For example a fundamental principle among the Arab tribes of Yemen is essentially "nobody can tell you what to do," and any Sheikh who thinks he can dictate to his people what they can or should do is bound to find himself deserted by his supporters.

A common feature of many tribal systems of governance is that the more power one segment accumulates, the faster it splinters into new and separate factions. Edmund Leach observed a cyclical process of state formation and dissolution in Highland Burma, with society fluctuating between states of extreme social stratification and egalitarianism, depending on circumstance, and with each phase holding within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

Squalid posted:

I disagree, at least by any reasonable definitions of society and authoritarian. One need only look at the communal social relations prevalent among modern-hunter gatherers, for an easy counter-example. Individual freedom and autonomy are important values in many cultures besides America. For example a fundamental principle among the Arab tribes of Yemen is essentially "nobody can tell you what to do," and any Sheikh who thinks he can dictate to his people what they can or should do is bound to find himself deserted by his supporters.

A common feature of many tribal systems of governance is that the more power one segment accumulates, the faster it splinters into new and separate factions. Edmund Leach observed a cyclical process of state formation and dissolution in Highland Burma, with society fluctuating between states of extreme social stratification and egalitarianism, depending on circumstance, and with each phase holding within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

True, I was focusing exclusively on modern industrial/bureaucratic states with that statement about society. But assuming modern telecommunications aren't going anywhere people won't have laissez-faire tribal organization anymore - some version of the western nation-state governs most of the world's people.

The Chinese 'Mandate of Heaven' idea actually combines popular and hereditary sovereignty. The Emperor is conditionally endorsed by the gods and the people.

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Dec 5, 2004
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